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Dinosaur Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or false. Dinosaurs were not lizards.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Scientists believe dinosaurs are related to

a)

Fish

b)

Dogs

c)

Birds

d)

Rats

3.

What kind of teeth did meat eating dinosaurs have?

a)

Sharp

b)

Flat

c)

Peg like

4.

True or false. Plant eating dinosaurs had flat or peg like teeth.

a)

False

b)

True

5.

True or false. Most prehistoric sea creature laid eggs.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which of these is a triceratops?

a)
b)
c)
7.

What is a theory?

a)

A dinosaur

b)

An explanation for something

c)

A bird

8.

What is a cause?

a)

What made something happen

b)

What happened because of an event.

c)

A small gathering

9.

What animals ate dinosaurs eggs, causing less dinosaurs to be born?

a)

Reptiles

b)

Birds

c)

Mammals

10.

What caused the dinosaurs to become extinct?

a)

A shooting star

b)

A huge meteor

c)

Quicksand

11.

True or false. Dinosaurs were cold blooded.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

When dinosaurs were living, the earth was _____ all year long.

a)

Dark

b)

Cold

c)

Bright

d)

Warm

13.

New kinds of flowering plants started to grow on the earth. These plants had _______ in them which caused the dinosaurs to get sick and die.

a)

Water

b)

Poison

c)

Salt

d)

Pollen

14.

What do paleontologists study?

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

History

d)

Fossils

15.

The ________________ was the smallest dinosaur.

a)

Tyrannosaurus Rex

b)

Compsognathus

c)

Pterodactyl

d)

Triceratops

16.

True or false. Bone fossils are the only kind of fossils.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Dinosaurs evolved on Earth about ____ million years ago.

a)

10

b)

300

c)

56

d)

225

18.

The word dinosaur means

a)

Long snake

b)

Great animal

c)

Terrible lizard

d)

Huge teeth

19.

Dinosaurs became extinct ___ million years ago.

a)

2

b)

200

c)

65

d)

34

20.

Reptiles breath air with their ____

a)

Head

b)

Heart

c)

Lungs

d)

Eyes